violens

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

vĭŏlens, entis, adj. [vis],

impetuous , vehement , furious , violent (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose, whereas violentus is class.): Aufidus, Hor. C. 3, 30, 10: victor equus, id. Ep. 1, 10, 37; so (with ferus), Pers. 5, 171.

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